The Donut Stop

Good stop. I woke up early on vacation drove over to the donut stop, which was hopping for 7 am on a Saturday. Many options.
Great blueberry fritter, exceptionally great blueberry pie. Wife and daughter liked the cinnamon bomb, but I need more sweetness, filling, or cream. Peanut butter was good with a nice fluff. Wish I could have tried more, but had to save room for my other meals for the day.

Awesome donuts, friendly service, great prices! Will be back!

A classic donut shop. You’ll find a wonderful selection of donuts, ranging from traditional to unique flavors.
The donuts here are fresh and exquisite. They have a home made charm cooked with precision. Great flavor and a nice crisp bite await all who eat hear. This is a great choice for donuts in STL.

Very yummy. I think their donuts are better than World Fair’s Donuts. I loved the Apple Fritters.

I have been to STL 3 times and finally had chance to visit this place. It is like 15−20min drive from downtown of STL so if you do not have a car, it is very difficult to make it there.
From outside the place looks beat up but when you see the crowd inside, you realize that there is something good going on in there.
I tried various donuts, my favourites were the ones that are topped with rich cheesecake fillings. Cinnamon and pumkin were so far the best. Lemon tart was also very good. Crossaints were the perfect crisp and softness that melts in your mouth. Unlike infused and glazed or stan donuts they do not use cheap whip cream; it is a very rich and thick cheesecake filling. Custard donuts are generously filled too.
I attached a photo of the donuts I bought from this location. All those gourmet and donut like products in a huge box did cost me only 14 $. Yes, 1 and 4. I know I would pay at least 40 $ if I went to the so called popular Chicago donut shops.
They have very rich and generous selection of donuts and fritters; and various fried dough products. I wish the owners and the loyal customers of Chicago gourmet donut shops (stans’ infused, vault etc.) could see and visit this place. I wish those hipsters in Wicker Park and OMG folks in Lincoln Park who pay 4 – 5 $ for a donut could see visit this place. I would like to tell them all: In your faces!

Great donuts and cinnamon globs. Avoid the evil old lady with bad attitude working there that kinda spoiled the «experience». Other visits, with other workers, were great! Evil old lady was like the soup nazi…“What do you want?” and «Speak up, can’t hear you?» and «That all?»…WTF…Great food though but avoid the evil old lady!

I ordered the honey nut, old fashioned, double chocolate, vanilla sprinkled, and the cheese donut with the cinnamon on top. Which was the best thing I ever had. The others were okay, I had way better old fashioned but if you do end up going here get the cheese you will not be disappointed!!!

This is the best doughnut place in STL! There’s no disappointing doughnuts, the prices are cheap, and everyone who works there is very friendly and accommodating. Just make sure you get there early because when these guys are out – they’re out.
Try the French Cruller. It’ll change your life.

For 30+ years have been driving by this place and finally, on National Doughnut Day, I stopped in to actually see just how amazing this place is. I knew this shop had to be delicious because on the weekends this place is packed, even at 5:30 am on a Friday morning there was constant customer traffic. So, lets get to the actual donuts, which I was only going to get a couple for myself, however since it was National Doughnut Day I thought I would pick up a couple of dozen for co-​workers. I personally had the cherry cream cheese, custard filled, and caramel long john and thinking about them hours later I wish I could eat them all over again. They were hands down the best doughnuts I have had and I am a big dude and know my donuts. My co-​workers, who all had doughnuts yesterday for a different reason, thought that these donuts beat the donuts from another local bakery. One person told me that the red velvet doughnut was like heaven in cake form. If you are anywhere near the South County area and want a damn good doughnut then stop here right now because you will never go anywhere else. BOOM!

They are not reliable. We drove 30 minutes and they were closed by 11:30 am without any donuts until 4:30 am. 6 cars pulled up with us. They were inside still. I know their donuts are good but not good enough to drive all that way for them to just close early. But they are good if you live near their shop.

My 15-​yr-​old is something of a donut connoisseur. He gives it two thumbs up. The whole family enjoyed the donuts and the lady working the counter was very friendly. We will be back.

Where have you been all my life you filthy little shop?!
Oh right, way the hell out in South County. But I’d walk 500 miles for the goodness here. It was insane at 10am on a Saturday, but the ladies there handled the crowd with ease (though they could use a better queuing process).
I expected «classic» donuts only, but there were amazing «specialty» donuts here that I would’ve paid $ 3 for like at the hipster places, but were still just $ 0.85. The cheesecake and red velvet were just out of this world. The only one we didn’t really like was the cream filled, the pastry cream was bland. Everything else… amaze-​balls.
ps. donut drive in is still the winner for «classic» donuts though, and easier to get to for me.

This shop reminds me of a little donut shop in my hometown but better! Great prices! I LOVE IT!!!

Having grown up 2000 miles away these donuts bring me home! I’ve never had a bad flavor and they’re always baked fresh. This is a weekend treat for my family and I look forward to them constantly!

The Donut Stop puts out some fine donuts, and they’re always friendly

Simply THE BEST DONUTS IN ST. LOUIS. I love all donuts. But the bakers at The Donut Shop get everything right about donuts. The dough is cooked to fluffy perfection, not too crisp, not too doughy. Sweet, but not so sweet you get a stomachache after one. Wide variety. And the fried pies? Unbelievable.
BOTTOM LINE: make the trip here. My favorites include the cherry custard donuts, any of the fried pies, and the cake donuts.

My grandma worked here the whole time I was growing up. The shop may have changed owners a few times along the way, but the donuts stay the same. I was raised with the best fried cakes in St. Louis and I wasn’t aware until Grandma retired my freshmen year of college.
Moral of the story; Get the Long John’s, Cinnamon Gobs, Custard fillled… hell try one of everything. You won’t be disappointed. Not only will you love them, they will be kind to your wallet! Go!

Hands down one of the best donuts I have ever had! We stopped here this morning being first timers to the donut stop, staff were friendly and freshly filled & iced two donuts for us as they didnt have them on show yet. We had a chocolate topped custard filled and a chocolate long John which was cream filled. Absolutely delicious would recommend to anyone in the area & I hope to be back in St Louis one day for another one!

I moved to St Louis a year ago and I have to say St Louis is the best donut city in the entire world. And The Donut Stop is the best of the best.
I dream about their apple fritters and blueberry fritters every single day. They’re the size of baseballs and the perfect ratio of crunchy outside and soft inside. The cinnamon gobs are delectable. Everything else is great, but the fritters and gobs are unlike anything I’ve tasted anywhere else.
Better than any frozen custard or gooey butter cake!

We are talking serious donuts here, people.
The Donut Stop lives up to its reputation for the best donuts in St. Louis. I bought a box of five big ones for less than $ 4. The cinnamon rounds were just made to perfection. The long john, glazed and custard-​filled variety were also just as good. The lady working hard at the counter was friendly and wanted to hear all about how I found them.
Next time I fly into, St. Louis, the Donut Stop will indeed be the first stop for my trusty rental car.
Outstanding!